the majority of HFT's are market makers they are using limit orders not technical analysis. I have a favorite trader from south korea who has a really high freq EU bot. But i have matched him to all the big name LP's and dark pools and all of them ...

FTMO - For serious traders

because its generally more accurate, harder to offset.. The thing people need to realise is that someone is booking the trade somewhere at sometime. IT might bounce around 50 people first but eventually someone is taking the opposite side of the ...

FTMO - For serious traders

the majority of LP's HATE EA flow and will requote/feed drop/ reject if they detect it. Its just an idea but I dont want to be dealing with "waaa i got slippage all the time" complaints and I dont want to fork out millions for prime toxic feeds for ...

FTMO - For serious traders

I suspect with the challenge the "need to be in the market" psychology is there due to the time constraint. IMO that is a recipe for potential traders to lose out and do it quick. Thus fee income for FTMO. The 200k account thing makes me question a ...

FTMO - For serious traders

the 200k thing kind of rubbed me the wrong way as well, it wasn't necessary because you could already do 2x 100k. But then i also saw a bunch of other prop firms do the same, and another saying 1:200 Leverage.. if you have 300k-500k and 1:200 you ...

FTMO - For serious traders

It is in consideration. I broke my ribs on thursday falling on ice on the mountain, so now I am going to have more spare time I may re-dabble in FTMO or go with someone else. The leverage of FTMO is appealing in comparison to others. I have adjusted ...

FTMO - For serious traders

Its possible. I haven't seen that and my TP's and SL's have been relatively accurate every time the price is near them. I only use market order for entry. I have other complaints about the feed but this isn't something I have witnessed in my ...

FTMO - For serious traders

Indices jump ticks. To expect stop orders to be executed perfectly on an index is ridiculous. The index markets are traded on limit, so if a limit is pulled you get next available price. Limits are pulled very regularly especially at places where a ...

FTMO - For serious traders

I agree, more solid feed without the spazing out spread, ghost wicks, excess ticks from the spazing out spread would be great. I also think the challenge price needs to be reduced a little bit but not much. As for capital, 400k with 1:100 leverage ...

FTMO - For serious traders

checked it for you, its on all feeds I can see (about 120 LPS) so its a legit spike. Likely news based/sporadic tweet or something. Am not at the home office so I dont have any news feeds etc.

FTMO - For serious traders

I will likely be moving on from FTMO. My results were up and down with them, some times my fault sometimes their fault but the feed is clearly an issue an the amount of denial around that is too much for me to focus my time with them. The extra ...

FTMO - For serious traders

no they arent. The only way they are giving 1:500 is if they are booking it not filling elsewhere.. The cost of doing the trade for them is 225 x your deposit for 1:500 if you use the leverage. So no anyone with 1:500 on oil is a nono.

WTI Broker with 400 or 500 leverage?

No real broker will offer that because oil margin is damn expensive at liquidity level.

WTI Broker with 400 or 500 leverage?

The price literally added 2 decimals, so saying "nothing really changed" is kind of silly. Those 2 decimals change regularly throughout the day. The spread has changed and is less stable outside of NY hours and various other differences including ...

FTMO - For serious traders

Anything using ticks/averages. Obviously because they provide the data they will defend it and since I have alternative data from various sources I will defend it. Thus you end up with a stalemate, but it needs to be said obviously. Also I don't ...

FTMO - For serious traders

I am having a conversation with them about the feed matter. Obviously having these discussions are very hard and I am due for my next trip on monday to the alps so time is of the essence. Ultimately due to the nature of the market its likely that a ...

FTMO - For serious traders

I haven't been on FTMO, but I have been on my regular trading accounts when I am home to trade them. I am on a snowboarding trip at the moment. Market seems normal to me but a bit volatile.

FTMO - For serious traders

The indicator is time frame sensitive.. So your signal on 5 min and on 1 hour wont be the same i think.

LazyHedging Trading Ideas

I'm not re-programming for Ctrader.. Magnitude of reasons including the cost and I know for a fact that whatever this issue is with MT4 can be/should be fixed. Also, if the Ctrader data is that much different to the MT4 data then it raises a ...

FTMO - For serious traders

in the multiple brokers I have run/worked for the demo price and live price + the feed including wicks and ticks were identical it was only execution that differed.. So for example, if you were using latency arb, maybe it would work on demo but it ...

FTMO - For serious traders